Herve Lord (born March 3, 1958 in Saint-Pamphile, Quebec

Saint-Pamphile, Quebec

Saint-Pamphile is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative district. While the official municipal territory ends at the US-Canada border located at the eastern end of town, there is a tiny hamlet located...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

) is a Canadian sledge hockey

Sledge hockey

Sledge hockey is a sport that was designed to allow participants who have a physical disability to play the game of ice hockey. Ice sledge hockey was invented in the early 1960s in Stockholm, Sweden at a rehabilitation center...

 player. In the Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...

, he has won numerous medals including the bronze (1994), silver (1998) and gold (2006).

Lord took the athletes' oath on behalf of all competitors at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

2010 Winter Paralympics

The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...

 in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

. He announced his retirement from the Canadian ice sledge hockey team on September 7, 2010 (along with captain Jean Labonte, Todd Nicholson

Todd Nicholson

Todd Nicholson is a member of the 2010 Paralympic Sledge Ice Hockey team. This is the fourth Paralympic games that Nicholson has participated in...

 and goaltender Paul Rosen

Paul Rosen

Paul Rosen is a Canadian sledge hockey goalie and motivational speaker from Thornhill, Ontario. Rosen suffered a leg injury during a hockey game as a youth, and the resulting damage, infections and pain to his leg plagued him for years until his lower leg was amputated at age 39...

). Lord also participated at the Soldier On Paralympic Sport Summit at Carleton University in May 2008 in an effort to assist Canadian military members rebound from debilitating injuries resulting in permanent disability.

Hockey Canada

Year	Event	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2007	World sledge hockey championships	4	0	1	1	6
2008	World sledge hockey championships	4	1	1	2	8
2009	World sledge hockey championships	4	0	1	1	2

Awards and honors

• King Clancy Outstanding Achievement Award, 2006 Paralympics
• Tournament All-Star team, 1992 World Cup

External links

• Herver Lord player profile at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
  Canadian Paralympic Committee
  The Canadian Paralympic Committee - CPC is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian Paralympic athletes in the International Paralympic Committee and the Parapan American Games...
  
  
• Hervé Lord player profile at Hockey Canada
  Hockey Canada
  Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...